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Bauhaus in British English
(ˈbaʊˌhaʊs)
noun
a.
a German school of architecture and applied arts founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius on experimental principles of functionalism and truth to materials. After being closed by the Nazis in 1933, its ideas were widely disseminated by its students and staff, including Kandinsky, Klee, Feininger, Moholy-Nagy, and Mies van der Rohe
b.
(as modifier)
Bauhaus wallpaper
Word origin
C20: German, literally: building houseBauhaus in American English
(ˈbaʊˌhaʊs)
noun
the architectural school of Walter Gropius, founded in Germany, 1919: it promoted a synthesis of painting, sculpture, and architecture, the adaptation of science and technology to architecture, and an emphasis on functionalism
Word origin
Ger < bauen, to build + haus, a houseImage ofBauhaus
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